St Peter's Church, Marchington

St Peter's, Marchington

War Memorial above the Entrance
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglican
Website Uttoxeter area of Parishes
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Lichfield
Province Province of Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Vacant [1][2]

St Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Marchington, Staffordshire. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.

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History

The church was built in 1742 and was designed by Mark Parsons.[3]. A war memorial was added after the First world war.

Domonic Stone

The parish was in the news on 24th of November 2009 after it was revealed that the Vicar, The Reverend Dominic Stone had been arrested for viewing Indecent Images of Children.[4] He appeared at Stafford Crown court on 1 November 2010 and pleaded not guilty.[5] He was Found Guilty on 3rd of November[6] and resigned on the 7th of November [7] he was later given a 9-month sentence suspended for 2 years and ordered to register as a sex offender[8] he had been in the post since 2002

Today

The church does not currently have a vicar after the resignation of Rev Dominic Stone in 2010. It lies in the Deanery of Uttoxeter and the archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. The Church is part of the Uttoxeter Area of parishes along with Bramshall, Checkley, Gratwich, Kingstone, Leigh, Marchington Woodlands, Stramshall, The Heath and Uttoxeter.

References

  1. ^ The Reverend Dominic Stone resigned as Vicar on 7th of November 2010 after being found guilty of Viewing indecent images of Children and has not yet been replaced Staffordshire vicar guilty of viewing child sex images
  2. ^ BBC news (2010-11-07). "Convicted Marchington child porn vicar quits". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11706195. Retrieved 2011-02-28. 
  3. ^ Marchington S.Peter, Marchington
  4. ^ Uttoxeter Advertiser (2009-11-03). "Vicar charged with child pornography offences". Uttoxeter Advertiser. http://www.uttoxeteradvertiser.co.uk/News/Vicar-charged-with-child-pornography-offences.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-28. 
  5. ^ BBC news (2010-11-01). "Vicar 'accessed child porn while working'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11667114. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  6. ^ BBC news (2010-11-03). "Staffordshire vicar guilty of viewing child sex images". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11686348. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  7. ^ BBC news (2010-11-07). "Convicted Marchington child porn vicar quits". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11706195. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  8. ^ BBC news (2010-12-16). "Marchington vicar sentenced for child abuse images". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-12008377. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 

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